Chapter 1016: Tokugawa Ienari's Madness

Tokugawa Ienari came to the imperial court carrying his own sword.

The Samurai by his side were also, one by one, elite soldiers and fierce warriors.

As soon as they appeared here, a surge of killing intent swept over them.

In that crowd, who would dare to even let out a fart?

Everyone lowered their heads, feeling guilty.

With ease, Tokugawa Ienari displayed the glory and majesty of their Tokugawa Clan right there in the Wa imperial court.

"Great General, this..."

The Emperor took a deep breath: "We, if our Wa nation does not surrender now, we will truly be destroyed..."

A sinister glint flashed in Tokugawa Ienari's eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, do you not trust our Tokugawa Clan? Hmm? With a nation as large as Wa, gathering another two hundred thousand troops is still no problem!"

Two hundred thousand...

The Emperor gave a bitter smile: "Great General, on the other side, on the other side there is an army of seven hundred thousand... Two hundred thousand, two hundred thousand..."

The others also licked their lips and took deep breaths.

Two hundred thousand against seven hundred thousand...

This was simply courting death.

Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

Tokugawa Ienari, however, let out a cold snort with a gloomy face: "Gentlemen, the soldiers of Wa can each take on a hundred! The Samurai trained by my Tokugawa Clan do not fear death! Only with confidence can one defeat the enemy! You have lost confidence and are thinking of surrender after losing only a few cities; where does that leave my Tokugawa Clan?"

The group all lowered their heads, their faces full of shame.

Those Samurai following Tokugawa Ienari also roared out one by one, expressing their determination to sacrifice themselves for the nation.

But...

After all, this was a massive disparity.

Take on a hundred? How could it be as easy as it sounds?

The Weaponry and Equipment and combat effectiveness of the Nanyang Army are very strong; historically, they have always been the nemesis of Wa. This is a despairing disparity...

The Emperor looked deeply at Tokugawa Ienari.

He naturally knew Tokugawa Ienari's thoughts; in this situation, he did not want to lose the ruling power of Wa or the status of their Tokugawa Clan. Therefore, he did not want to see the whole nation surrender at all... He would rather drag the entire Wa nation down with him; after all, Wa still had a population of nearly ten million...

In Tokugawa Ienari's view, this population was enough to mire the Nanyang Army deep within this land of Wa.

But...

The Emperor was not so optimistic.

Most of those people were powerless... Even if they could entangle the Nanyang Army, what a heavy price would have to be paid?

Rivers of blood, the people plunged into misery...

By then, what would Wa be like?

However.

Tokugawa Ienari was too overbearing.

With him saying this, who could refuse?

"I, I did not..."

The Emperor was almost scared to tears by Tokugawa Ienari.

Tokugawa Ienari smiled coldly: "It is best if you didn't, keep our Majesty well protected..."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Only his group of Samurai remained, along with the civil and military officials who were too scared to even fart, and His Majesty the Emperor, whose face had turned deathly pale.

"This..."

"Your Majesty... wuwuwuwu..."

"A disgrace to the imperial house, a tragedy for the imperial house!"

The group cried together again, and one by one they walked over to support the Emperor as he tremblingly stood up.

"Let them fight..."

"Let him fight..."

"Let him fight for now..."

The Emperor had been scared witless.

"What did you say?"

Li Yun was completely stunned when he heard that Tokugawa Ienari was still preparing for a great battle.

Still fighting?

Still fighting in this situation?

He even felt a bit of admiration for this Great General of Wa.

"Hahaha, good!"

He couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He had been worried that this expedition would be a bit boring, but now, he really felt it was getting more and more interesting... In fact, a war is not only a drain on manpower, material resources, wealth, and national strength, but is it not also a tempering for the soldiers? He knew that his Emperor was a man with great ambition.

Wa was only his first stop.

Next, he would set his sights on the whole world.

Therefore, being able to possess a powerful army was too important for Nanyang.

Fight!

Since they wanted to resist, then Li Yun would naturally fight without any courtesy!

Very quickly.

Tokugawa Ienari still managed to demonstrate his control over Wa at this time.

Everyone to arms!

Conscription!

The blood and spirit of everyone in the entire Wa nation were ignited at this moment. Regardless of gender or age, they all scrambled to join the army. When the country is about to be lost, what use is one's life?

Unexpectedly.

Within a mere three days, Tokugawa Ienari was actually able to conscript another three hundred thousand troops!

Three hundred thousand!

Added to the previous two hundred thousand troops, that is a full five hundred thousand!

Five hundred thousand.

It seemed that they might be able to go toe-to-toe with the Nanyang Army.

After all, this was fighting on home soil, and Wa still held its own advantages. Whether it was manpower or provisions and baggage, it was quite convenient to collect them. Very quickly, the Nanyang Army's advance was met with large-scale resistance from Wa.

The flames of war.

Were ignited once again.

Although Tokugawa Ienari had an extreme personality, it could not be denied that he was also a master strategist.

He knew.

For these hundreds of thousands of people, the territory of Wa was still a bit too large. To achieve a desperate counterattack in Wa, the front lines had to be shortened.

He was also an extremely ruthless person.

He intended to use the lives of these Wa people to help him exhaust the Nanyang Army. He did not care how many people died; he only hoped that by the time the Nanyang Army reached Edo, they would be an exhausted force.

Consequently.

For a time, various small raiding squads, various teams burning grain, and various suicidal sneak attacks appeared at this moment.

Although the Nanyang Army had many men, having many men was also a disadvantage at this time: they were not flexible enough.

These small squads easily caused small-scale harassment to the Nanyang Army, leaving them battered and exhausted.

One moment, a fire started over there.

The next moment, they were attacked by volleys of arrows over here.

Then, they were poisoned over here...

Although Li Yun was a general, he was also made very angry by this.

Ideological work.

Continuing to conduct ideological work...

At this time.

The entire Nanyang Army was still seven cities away from Edo.

At this moment, Li Yun also began to feel that this war did not seem as simple as he had imagined. The front line was too long, and it was affecting many things at this time.

But.

This situation still could not change Li Yun's original intention.

That was, no matter where they went, it was just one word.

Kill!

As long as they were Wa people, kill them all!

He did not care how many people would die in this war. That was not important; he wanted the name of the Nanyang Army to resound throughout the entire world.

"Kill!"

Another city.

The resistance of this city

was much more intense compared to the last one.

But, it was still taken by the Nanyang Army in two days.

Following that.

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